A general mechanism for tuning: Gain control circuits and synapses underlie tuning of cortical neurons

dc.contributor.author	Kouh, Minjoon
dc.contributor.author	Poggio, Tomaso
dc.date.accessioned	2005-12-22T02:19:58Z
dc.date.available	2005-12-22T02:19:58Z
dc.date.issued	2004-12-31
dc.identifier.other	MIT-CSAIL-TR-2004-082
dc.identifier.other	AIM-2004-031
dc.identifier.other	CBCL-245
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30512
dc.description.abstract	Tuning to an optimal stimulus is a widespread property of neurons in cortex. We propose that such tuning is a consequence of normalization or gain control circuits. We also present a biologically plausible neural circuitry of tuning.
dc.format.extent	9 p.
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
dc.subject	AI
dc.subject	tuning
dc.subject	gain control
dc.subject	normalization
dc.subject	Gaussian
dc.subject	neuron
dc.subject	cortex
dc.subject	biophysics
dc.title	A general mechanism for tuning: Gain control circuits and synapses underlie tuning of cortical neurons